<!--
function openWindow(URL,W,H) {
id = "1";
eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=" + W + ",height=" + H + ", left=0, top=0');");
}
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->


// Ticker startup 
function startTicker() {  
// Define run time values  
theCurrentStory     = -1;  
theCurrentLength    = 0;  
// Locate base objects  
if (document.getElementById) {        
theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");    
runTheTicker();        
}  else {
document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}<\/style>");
return true;  
} 
} 
// Ticker main run loop 
function runTheTicker() {  
var myTimeout;    
// Go for the next story data block  
if(theCurrentLength == 0)  {   
theCurrentStory++;   
theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;   
var len = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].length;
if(len>=38)
{
theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory];     
}else{
theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory]
}    
theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];   
theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;   
thePrefix       = "";  
}  
// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor  
theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix +   theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();  
// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer  
if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)  {   
theCurrentLength++;   myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;  
}  else  {   
theCurrentLength = 0;   
myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;  } 
 // Call up the next cycle of the ticker  
setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout); } 
// Widget generator 
function whatWidget() {  
if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)  {   
return theWidgetNone;  
}   
if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)  {   return theWidgetOne;  }  else  {   return theWidgetTwo;  } } 

